Bioinspired polymer vesicles and membranes for biological and medical applications

CG Palivan, R Goers, A Najer, X Zhang, A Car… - Chemical society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological membranes play an essential role in living organisms by providing stable and
functional compartments, preserving cell architecture, whilst supporting signalling and …

Taxanes loaded polymersomes as an emerging polymeric nanocarrier for cancer therapy

V Singh, S Md, NA Alhakamy, P Kesharwani - European Polymer Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer has since long remained a cause of concern which has eventually become leading
cause of mortality. It was in the late 90 s, when polymersomes were identified as a platform …

Stimuli-responsive polymersomes for biomedical applications

X Hu, Y Zhang, Z Xie, X Jing, A Bellotti, Z Gu - Biomacromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polymersomes, the structural analogues of liposomes, are hollow structures enclosed by a
bilayer membrane made from amphiphilic copolymers. Polymersomes have been proposed …

Polymersome-based drug-delivery strategies for cancer therapeutics

T Anajafi, S Mallik - Therapeutic delivery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Polymersomes are stable vesicles prepared from amphiphilic polymers and are more stable
compared with liposomes. Although these nanovesicles have many attractive properties for …

Emerging era of “somes”: Polymersomes as versatile drug delivery carrier for cancer diagnostics and therapy

AK Sharma, P Prasher, AA Aljabali, V Mishra… - Drug delivery and …, 2020 - Springer
Over the past two decades, polymersomes have been widely investigated for the delivery of
diagnostic and therapeutic agents in cancer therapy. Polymersomes are stable polymeric …

Self‐assembled autophagy‐inducing polymeric nanoparticles for breast cancer interference in‐vivo

Y Wang, YX Lin, ZY Qiao, HW An, SL Qiao… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201405926 one-pot synthesis method and effectively delivered
drugs.[19, 20] Although numerous nanomaterials influence the autophagy process,[21] few …

Polymer membranes as templates for bio-applications ranging from artificial cells to active surfaces

M Garni, R Wehr, SY Avsar, C John, C Palivan… - European Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Membranes represent essential barriers between the interfaces of living systems. Their
importance as an intrinsic and extrinsic barrier of cells and consequent direct involvement in …

pH-sensitive polymeric nanoparticles with gold (I) compound payloads synergistically induce cancer cell death through modulation of autophagy

YX Lin, YJ Gao, Y Wang, ZY Qiao, G Fan… - Molecular …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Various nanomaterials have been demonstrated as autophagy inducers owing to their
endocytosis cell uptake pathway and impairment of lysosomes. pH-dependent …

Controlling and monitoring intracellular delivery of anticancer polymer nanomedicines

C Battistella, HA Klok - Macromolecular bioscience, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer nanomedicines are very attractive to improve the delivery of chemotherapeutics.
Polymer conjugates and other polymer‐based nanocarriers allow to increase plasma half …

Self-assembly of cytotoxic peptide conjugated poly (β-amino ester) s for synergistic cancer chemotherapy

ZY Qiao, CY Hou, D Zhang, Y Liu, YX Lin… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology has played an important role in cancer therapy due to the potential
advantages of nano-drugs including enhanced accumulation in the tumor sites, improved …